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Abaji Chairman Sets Up Peace C’ttee On Farmers, Herders. The chairman of Abaji Area Council, Alhaji Abdulrahman Ajiya, yesterday held his first security meeting with the various heads, where he set up a 13-man committee to ensure peace between farmers and herders in the area. Addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting, he said the committee was […]
—FG Releases N2bn Agric Loan to Jigawa Farmers The Federal Government has released N2 billion to Jigawa State as agricultural loan for rice and wheat production to dry season farmers under the Anchor-Borrower Programme. This was disclosed by the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaji Kabiru Ali, while speaking to newsmen in Dutse. […]
Brazilian soybean producers are on a roll. Their 2016-2017 soybean planting season is reaching the halfway point, sharply faster than a year ago. According to the latest survey by consulting firm AgRural, planting has attained 41% of the total estimated area for soybeans of 82.671 million acres. This figure easily outstrips the 31% recorded in […]
By Adeyemi Bamidele Ezekiel The present administration is committed towards revitalizing agriculture to restore the glory days in agriculture through innovative ways. These were the words of the Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe, contained in his speach delivered by Mr. Aderemi O. Abioye, at the just concluded Ecowas Agriculture, Agro-Allied & Technology Exhibition, […]
FAO: declining food prices may affect farmers Declining prices can thwart international efforts to eradicate hunger and poverty unless steps are taken to guarantee decent incomes and livelihoods for small-scale producers, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da-Silva has said. Globally, food prices are believed to be back to their long-term downward trend […]
Regional economic growth is needed to reduce poverty and improve food security in the Southwest, some experts have said. They spoke at the Southwest Agriculture Summit (SWAS) held at the Civic Centre in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Its aim was to bring together states in the region to consolidate growth in the sector. The […]
To forestall clashes between host communities and herdsmen in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Abia State chapter, Alhaji Hassan Buba, has called on communities to demand the telephone numbers of herdsmen, who come into their areas to graze their cattle. Buba, who stated this at […]
Fulani Herdsmen Butcher Colleague Over Cattle Officers from Ogun State Police Command have arrested two Fulani herdsmen for allegedly killing another herdsman, whose cattle they were trying to steal, at Itadodo area of Ofada in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, disclosed that […]
MADE Seeks Cassava Alternative For Livestock Feed In the face of soaring prices of maize and soya beans – the essential ingredients for the production of livestock feeds, feed millers are folding up gradually, as a result of huge losses. Even livestock growers are not left out, as the development has led to drastic drop […]
Ondo Hosts Maiden Cocoa Industry, Investment Conference Ondo State government has concluded the maiden Akure Commodity Exchange, initiated by the state Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko to help farmers midwife their sale internationally. The 1st International Cocoa Industry and Investment Conference, held from Tuesday, November 1 to Thursday November 3, 2016, was facilitated by government in […]
Head of Department of Crop Protection, College of Plant Science and Crop Production (COLPLANT), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Prof Jonathan Atungwu has said Nigeria can leverage on the growing market interest in organic agriculture for economic development. According to him, organic agriculture involved raising plants and animals in a sustainable manner without the […]
Over the years, farming in Nigeria has taken a dramatic turn for the better by creating jobs and opportunities for entrepreneurs who have the passion to go into farming business. Millionaires are currently being made every year through farming in Nigeria and there is no end to the prospects of creating more wealth through farming. […]
The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has entered into an agreement with a Hungarian company Agrar-Biothanol to produce 1,333 tonnes of liquid organic fertilizer and 2.66 million litres of ethanol annually as well as 1.2mw electricity. When completed, the electricity produced would cater for thirty percent of the university’s electricity consumption, and enhance agricultural training […]
An agriculturist, James Idahosa says the Federal Government should develop the manufacturing sector concurrently with agriculture in enhancing the success of its diversification agenda. Idahosa said this in Abuja on Thursday that agricultural production must necessarily be accompanied with a functional processing and manufacturing sector. He said that this was the only way the country’s […]
Crises have been averted between some host communities in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State and the Fulani herdsmen, following the intervention of Cleen Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, NGO, during a roundtable discussion, where the parties agreed to embrace peace. Tension had heightened in the area, when a Fulani herdsman used his machete to […]